Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,575, Nathan Fisk, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Fisk; Nathan Abigail
R 3,575
CONTENTS

February Second One Thousand seven Hundred and Ninety two Married Nathan Fisk & Abigail Lyon both of Sturbridge Joshua Paine Clerk
I Jacob Coney Town Clerk of Sturbridge in the County of Wor- -cester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the marriage record except the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows 1792 Feb. 2 d .
Attest Jacob Coney T. Clerk of Sturbridge
I Jacob Coney above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Sturbridge Sept. 19 th 1838 Jacob Coney } Clerk of the Town of Sturbridge
"Mr Nathan Fiske died Nov. 2 d 1829"
The above is a true copy of the record
Sturbridge Sept 20. 1838
Attest Jacob Coney T. Clerk of Sturbridge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - County of Wor- -cester - Town of Sturbridge - Sept. 20. 1838 Then the above named Jacob Coney made oath to the truth the above officelavits by him subscribed - I certify that in reputation for truth is good - Before me Geo Davis Just Peace -

July 5. Miss Margaret Fiske
J. L. Edwards Commonwealth of Virginia Washington

State of New York } Madison County } ss: Daniel Fisk of Cohoes in the County of Madison and State of New York age ninety one years being duly sworn deposeth & says that he was well acquainted with Nathan Fisk late of the town of Stockbridge in the State of Massachusetts and that he this deponent and the said Nathan were half brothers, that the said Nathan was home on the fourth day of April 1762, that the said Nathan was a soldier and served in the Revolutionary army dur- ing the whole of the Summer Season of the year 1778 the year that he was sixteen years old, that deponent and the said Nathan resided in the same family from the birth of the said Nathan until he went into the army in 1778 in the town of Stockbridge aforesaid and also after his return therefrom, that the said Nathan did not return from the service in the year 1778 to the family till the last of that year or the latter part of the season that year that the said Nathan informed this deponent of several places where he had served in the army during his absence when he returned home and among other places, he said he had been near Fort Stanwix, and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn & subscribed before } Daniel Fisk me this 8th day of June } 1839 Justin Dwinell Supreme Court Commissioner
I certify that I have been well acquainted with the above named Daniel Fisk for more than twenty years and that he sustains a good char- acter for truth and morality. Justin Dwinell Sup. Court Commr.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Shurbridge July 1. 1839 -
J. L. Edwards Esq. -
Dear Sir - I have procured the affidavit of Daniel Fiske who resides in a distant part of the state of New-York in the case of Abigail Fiske's application for a pension which has been decided agst. her. It seems there was a deficiency of five days short of six months by the rolls. Daniel Fiske was half brother to Nathan Fiske, the husband of Abigail Fiske. The family of Nathan Fiske are very confident he was in the service two several periods. They have frequently heard him say he was in the service when he was sixteen. We can procure the testimony of persons who can testify that they believe Fiske was in the service more than one year. I enclose also the deposition of Nathaniel Burden -
Mrs. Fiske respectfully requests a further examination of her case. Mr. Fiske's affidavit is not definite as to the length of time. Is it not however sufficient with Burden's to grant Mrs. Fiske a pension for six months?
Very respectfully your obed. Servt Geo. Davis -

State of New York
Madison County Clerk's Office
vs: I Alexander Donaldson Jr Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Justin Durnell Esquire the person before whom the foregoing affidavit- purports to have been made was on the day of the date of said affidavit a Supreme Court Commissioner in & for said County duly appointed Commissioned & sworn that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justin Durnell and verily believe the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County the 12th day of June 1839.
Alexander Donaldson Jr Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. }
Town of Sturbridge, & County of Worcester. }
On thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight, personally appeared before me Ira Barton, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester. Abigail Fiske, a resident of said Sturbridge in said County of Worcester, aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oaths make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7- 1838. entitled an act, granting half pay & pension to certain widows, that she is the widow of Nathan Fiske, late of said Sturbridge deceased, who was a private in the Massachusetts troops, that he enlisted into Capt. Sylvanus Smith's Company & Col. Timothy Baglow's Regiment of Worcester in said County, in the month of July in the year seventeen hundred & eighty, & served six months as she openly declares. He marched from said Sturbridge & was at West Point, & in various places in New-Jersey.
He was in the service again previous to the time above mentioned, as she believes because she has frequently heard her husband speak of leaving in the service when he was sixteen years of age. She believes from the best information she can obtain, that he was out about two months in the autumn of the year seventeen hundred & twenty seven at the taking of Burgoyne — She has not been able to learn who the officers were that he was under —

She further declares that she was married to the said Nathan Fiske on the second day of February in the year seventeen hundred & ninety two that her hus- band the aforesaid Nathan Fiske died on the second day of November in the year one thousand eight hun- dred & twenty nine that she was not married to him previous to her leaving the service, but the marriage took place prior to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz. at the time above stated. that she is now a widow & has not been married since the death of her said husband Nathan Fiske, that she has no documentary evidence of his ser- vices -
Given to ann Saltonstall Abigail Fiske the day above year just above written
Before me
Mr. Brattle Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Middlesex

Jonathan Upham of Sherbridge in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 79 testify & say that I was acquainted with Nathan Fiske of said Sherbridge, that he was in the same company with me in the Revolu- tionary War during the term of six months. This term of service com- menced some time in July as near as I can in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty. This term I am very cer- tain was six months & that Fiske & I we stayed till it closed. We were at West Point & in various places in New Jersey. The name of our cap- tain was Sylvanus Smith & the name of our Colonel was Timothy Beldow of Worcester in said County of Worcester. I left a short time before the six months were out. I left Fiske in the Army. Jonathan his X Upham mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Worcester ss. Town of Sherbridge - Aug. 20. 1838. Then the above named Jonathan Upham made oath to the truth of the above affidavit and in his signature I certify that by reason of bodily infirmity the said Upham is unable to write at this time - that he sustains an unblemished character for truth - Before me George Davis Justice of the Peace -

I Nathan Mansfield of Sturbridge testify & say in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts aged 80 years testify & say that I was acquaint- ed with Nathan Trike of Sturbridge now deceased that we both lived, when young men in said Sturbridge - that I am knowing to his being in the service in the Massachusetts Troops in the year seventeen hundred & eighty We enlisted some time the latter part of June or the first of July of that year as nearly as I can recollect as to the time - We left Sturbridge together - I was but a short time in the same company with Trike - I frequently saw him during this tour. We were at West Point - Sing Sing. the  and  various in various places in New Jersey. I was detailed at West Point the forepart of January according to the best of my recollection - It might have been a little earlier - I am very confident that I stayed six months - Trike did not return home with me. I think I must have left him in the regiment because I do not recollect his being at home when I reached Sturbridge - I do not recollect the Captain Trike was under. The Colonel's name was Emory Bigelow - I cannot have any doubt he was in the service, at this time, at least six months -
Nathan Mansfield
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Worcester ss. I, Clerk of Sturbridge - Sept. 20. 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Nathan Mansfield & made made oath to truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. I certify that the said Mansfield's character for truth is good -
Before me Geo Davis Jus Pacis -

I Leavens, my Fiske of Sherbridge in the County of Worcester I do hereby certify & say that my mother Abigail Fiske has not been married since the death of my father Nathan Fiske. that she is now his widow — Leavens M Fiske
Worcester, Sept. 22. 1838 Then the above named Leavens M. Fiske made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed — Certify that his reputation for truth is good Geo. Davis Jr. Davis
N.B. The erasure in the affidavit of Nathan Fiske, about one line was made by me before the signature — Geo. Davis Jr. Davis

REJECTED
3575.
P. O.
Abigail Fiske
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

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Nathan Fiske d 1829 Abigail m 1792 of Sturbridge Mass. 1780. 6 mo. 1st. smlt. Bigelow 1777. 2.
same in 1778. Same Fiske cert.

I Nathaniel Burden of Sherborn in the county of Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 82 years testify & say that I was well acquainted with the warrant Fiske of Sherborn in said county. That I was frequently with said Fiske, had frequently conversation with him respecting our being in the service. I was not with him at any time in the service - I am very confident I have heard him say he was served in two towns at least. He told me that he was in the service at the age of six- teen - but I cannot recollect that he told me where he was or how long he was out.
Upper church district - Nathaniel Burden Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Worcester ss. April 6. 1839 Then the above named Nathaniel Burden appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affi- davit by him subscribed in my presence. I certify that I am acquainted with the said Burden, & that although his character for truth has sometimes been questioned, I believe in his affidavit above he intended to state no more than what he believed to be strictly true Geo Davis Jr. Clerk.

(2299) Abigail Dike widow of Nathan Mass act 7 July 1838

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Mr. Barton is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signature to the paper hereto annexed is true and genuine.
I further certify, that George Davis is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signatures to the papers hereto annexed are true and genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-eight.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register